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Cignal AI Report: Tracking the Deployment of 3rd ...
This report from Andrew Schmitt, Cignal AI, covers coherent technology’s evolution, market success, and the road ahead.
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Elegant Migration from TDM to a Modern Routing an ...
IP/MPLS approaches guarantee their ability to support legacy customers and help operators pursue emerging opportunities, such as ...
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Network Strategies to Drive Lower Costs amid High ...
This paper discusses how OTN and MPLS-TP can be jointly deployed to optimize IP router infrastructures.
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2019 IHS Markit Optical Vendor Service Provider L ...
The IHS annual optical leadership survey is an attempt to quantify the opinions of service providers.
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Smarter Security for Financial Networks with In-f ...
Both at-rest and in-flight encrypted data are typically implemented in conjunction, and complement each other as part of a holist ...
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Automating Service Creation and Provisioning for ...
A seismic shift is underway in today’s networking market. Connectivity services, while vital to the efficient operation of modern ...
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Practical Considerations for Near-Zero Margin Net ...
This paper examines this trend from the equipment design point of view and applies Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the problem of ...
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A Model for Business Case Analysis of C/L-band Ne ...
This white paper presents a model for the analysis of C/L-band business cases, with the objective of enabling network operators
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Applying Packet Technologies to Solve Modern Heal ...
Read this paper to learn how packet networking solutions from Ciena can help Healthcare IT modernize their networking capabilitie ...
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Packet Networking: A Reliable and Robust Foundati ...
This paper provides practical guidance for planning packet networking deployments and suggests opportunities for monetizing the c ...
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Bolstering Higher Education Networks to Invigorat ...
This paper summarizes the connectivity challenges higher education institutions are facing today and recommends DCI approaches th ...
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Is an Organization's WAN the Weakest Link in its ...
Research from Telindus and Ciena shows that more than half of organizations could be vulnerable to data breaches and GDPR non-com ...
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How Integrated Photonics Enhances Capacity and Sc ...
This paper explores a technical solution that will eliminate out of date equipment, drive content closer to the user and removes ...
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Doyle Research: Considerations for the Orchestrat ...
This white paper uncovers the benefits of SD-WAN for enterprises and how service providers can seize the opportunity of managed S ...
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Advantages of Managed Spectrum Service vs Dark Fi ...
As network capacity increases, the monthly OPEX for the managed 100G wave service to the enterprise increases rapidly—compelling ...
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Maximizing Reach-capacity in Optical Networks wit ...
Advanced algorithms implemented in coherent optical Digital Signal Processor (DSP) design. This paper explains the algorithms dev ...
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NFV and SDN: The Next Step in the Evolution of th ...
In this white paper, CED, a publication focused on the MVPD segment, explores virtualization benefits and obstacles as well as ho ...
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Access Loop Model for the Economic Analysis and O ...
This white paper presents an access loop model that helps network operators address—and minimize—the major OSP cost challenge.
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Five Data Center Federation Factors to Help Prepa ...
A Data Center Federation (DCF) can make a pivotal difference in helping to keep content and data consumers working, playing, and ...
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Ready for Fast and Unpredictable Change: How the ...
This paper is based on a nationwide CDG 2020 survey of nearly 100 state and local government IT leaders across government agencie ...
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Defending the Smart City
With all the hype around ‘Smart’ Cities, you would think they are ubiquitous. With their many potential threats to the network ut ...
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Small Cell Technology, Big Business Opportunity
Small cells allow the mobile network to improve in both coverage and capacity, which facilitates web-scale architectures even fur ...
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The Converged Interconnect Network
Ciena’s Fiber Deep Solution for the Converged Interconnect Network enables architectural and service convergence over a common CI ...
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The Impact of OTT Services on the Mobile Backhaul ...
Many mobile operators have deployed a traditional IPoDWDM architecture for mobile backhaul, which was sufficient when network tra ...